May you sell a million!

LOL! Well, always is a long time, but not so much until the internet came along! And there are older versions of FF extensions like UBlockO still floating around out there. And it depends on what types of sites the user will be visiting.

You could prolly find someone who’s kept some old versions of 32-bit FF, but using them on -today’s- network with old-time security? Whoof. As for the OS, some older XFCE’s WILL work OK w 500MB, but you’ll be waiting on disk-swap a lot, and SSD options will be limited.

Another popular Linux system restore utility is called Timeshift. It has a GUI to control making system ‘snapshots’ at regular intervals … as frequently as you like. I’ve never had to use it to save -major- messes, but I’ve needed it a couple of times. It’s worked flawlessly … taking just a few minutes to scan and replace/remove wayward packages.

Hopefully it gets done in a shorter time than Wayland took.

“Many popular Windows apps have no proper alternatives on Linux”

What is a “proper” alternative? What would 5 examples of these “popular” apps with no alternatives be?

For personal use, I dumped Vista in 2012 in favor of Linux Mint. I’ve found -nothing- I can’t do in those 13 years. Additionally, I haven’t had to put up with the BS that MS is constantly forcing on its long-suffering users. Linux is simply different - not harder.

As always, breaking bad habits can take a while - but it’s better for your health. (And your pocketbook, in this case.)

It’s very well done. Lot of insights into what happened in the 12 years before the movie. The way they treated Roddenberry … arg.